Number of U.S. Children Without Health Insurance Grew in 2017 for the 1st Time in Almost a Decade

The economy is strong, unemployment is down, and yet the number of uninsured children in the U.S. is up.
According to a new report from Georgetown University's Center for Children and Families, the percentage of children without health insurance grew in 2017 after years of decline.
The report said 276,000 more children did not have health insurance last year, increasing to 3.9 million in 2017 from 3.6 million in 2016. The latest measure represents 5% of children in the U.S. While not a huge increase from 4.7% the year before, it's still viewed with concern.
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3.9 million children had no health insurance in 2017, the first increase in a decade

Despite a healthy economy, millions of children are without healthcare.
Over the last 10 years, the percentage of uninsured children in the United States had been slowly shrinking. That is, until 2017, when it went up. According to CNN , which cited new statistics from Georgetown University's Center for Children and Families, around 276,000 more kids were without health insurance compared to 2016-which totaled to around 3.9 million uninsured children.Read more ...